Life, Brazil and Resilience!!!
Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 24 degrees, warm, sunny and slightly overcast. It is Thursday, and another denial from Google to allow the site ‘the long gringo’ to be monetised. I think it is now the 3rd or 4th denial, but every time, after we find something else that needs to be done, something else is missing. Every day, we […]
Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 23 degrees, warm, sunny and slightly overcast It is the middle of the week, the middle of the month and the middle of the year, and I feel I am at a turning point in my life. Obviously, I know what has passed, where I am, but more importantly, where and what I want in […]
Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 23 degrees, warm, sunny and slightly overcast Half the month has passed, and I have already been in Rio for more than a month. I arrived on the 7th of June, Yasmin’s birthday, and it is already past the middle of July. Time literally flies. Sometimes we think it is slow, but really it is […]
Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 22 degrees, warm, sunny and slightly overcast At the moment, I am loving Mondays for a few reasons. Principally, because I do not have an early class, I have the first part of the morning to myself to exercise without rushing, usually a walk, skipping, TRX straps and elastic, besides the usual aerobic exercises. It […]
Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 23 degrees, warm, sunny and overcast. And again, it is Friday. It has been a long week. Yesterday, I received a short message from Julie and answered, but we both know there is no future. She has two of my jumpers and a Panama hat. When I go back to England, I will ask for […]
Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 23 degrees, warm, sunny and overcast. It is Thursday, and I’m tired and confused. I am not complaining. I have good health. I am living temporarily in one of the most beautiful cities in the world, with perfect weather. I have money in the bank, not a lot, but I have it, and most of […]
Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 25 degrees, hot, sunny and stormy at the end of the day. It has been 2 days since I went no contact with Julie. I feel guilty, but I also think it had to be done. I am not proud of it, but I felt I needed a break, and the constant sense of being […]
Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 22 degrees, warm, sunny and slightly overcast. I am still a little shocked by what happened yesterday between Julie and me, and to make matters worse, I went no-contact with her. I could not take any more of the stress, the lack of peace and respect, and the feeling of being both manipulated and taken […]
Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 23 degrees, warm, sunny and slightly overcast. A Monday of difference, two major decisions, and upsets in my life. One is both good and bad, and the other is very good. Firstly, I finished with Julie. We had been talking since last Thursday, and although it was OK, it wasn’t the same since I have […]
Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 24 degrees, warm, sunny and slightly overcast. Julie contacted me yesterday, or on Friday. I can’t remember exactly, but it was the first time in almost a month. She asked me to call her. I did, and the conversation was a little cold at first, with both of us a little defensive. As we began […]